01x05 - Episode 5

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Previously on The Hack...

Think who edited the paper.
Think about where he sits now.

MAX: I mean, I
know Andy Coulson.

Him sitting next to the Prime
Minister, that's wrong in every way.

NICK: The police have
Mulcaire's notebooks.

If we can get them
into the public eye,

we'll see who hired
who, how high this goes,

who was being hacked.

Just be safe with
yourself. Just be safe.

It's the Daniel Morgan case.

We've had some witnesses
finally come forward.

PHONE RINGS

You cannot be taking phone
calls from a protected witness.

From today, you will have no further
contact with Gary Eaton, whatsoever.

Max, we've got them on the rack.

You settle, the whole thing
gets covered up again.

You've got them on
the rack? With what?

The Murdochs agreed to pay
Clifford more than £1 million.

Our biggest g*n was spiked.

DAVID CAMERON: Our liberal
Conservative government

will take Britain in a
historic new direction,

a direction of hope and unity,

conviction and common purpose.

I'm delighted to be standing here
with the new Deputy Prime Minister,

and I would like now to
invite him to speak to us

on what I think is a remarkable
and very welcome day.

Thank you, David.

We've just been through
an election campaign,

and now we have a coalition.

Until today, we were rivals,
and now we're colleagues.

NICK: It is unusual.
ALAN: And it'll cost you.

All that work given to
someone else's byline.

Finding it a little bit
hard to get my head around.

Look.

The BBC are playing
it on repeat.

I've watched it 15 times, and
it was sickening the first time.

Andy Coulson now sits at
the right-hand side of God.

There's a direct link between
Number 10 and Murdoch.

I don't like that whisper
chain. We need our...

We need our own
coalition. We need allies.

We have allies. I'm assembling
a huge team of lawyers.

People are working together.
No, we need allies in the press.

You don't think I've tried?
Nobody will touch it.

Thank you. Erm...

Well, they won't
on Fleet Street,

but I've always thought
a lot of Glen Campbell.

I think Panorama will bite.

No, no, no. The BBC won't
risk a battle with Murdoch.

But then there's Dispatches, maybe,
and internationally, Bill Keller.

You can't think The New York
Times would want to be involved.

Murdoch's hold on The
Wall Street Journal

is galling to Bill.
I think he could.

Well, I... If I've got
resources, of course, but...

Alan, they won't share back.

TV hacks might, but
The New York Times...

This will always be
your story, Nick.

No, it's bigger than that... me.

SIGHS: I can't make friends
at school, why not a pen pal?

I get it. Yeah.

Yep, I get it. It's a good
idea. It's a necessary idea.

Good.

So, Nick Davies and The Guardian
are losing the exclusive

but winning the w*r.

Steve. STEVE: Yeah.

GAVEL HAMMERING

JUDGE: I'm aware that it
has taken us a few years

to get to this point,
and many of us are eager

to draw these pre-trial
hearings to a close.

But, I'm afraid, a
new matter has arisen

that requires our attention.

Last night, an application was made
by the counsel for the defendants

as regards a
possible irregularity

in the conduct of
this investigation

in relation to the prosecution
witness Mr Gary Eaton.

In order to resolve this,

it is my view that we must spend
some time hearing evidence directly

from DCS David Cook and
the officers in his team,

which will begin on Monday.

DAVE: 'These rules
are ridiculous.'

MORTIMER: They are tight. No
conferring with colleagues?

I mean, I work with these
officers day in, day out.

They don't want you
to prepare, basically.

It's known as an ambush defence.

And they want me to tell them
everything about Gary Eaton?

While the suspects are
sitting right there?

If the judge does decide to
lose Gary Eaton's evidence,

it would be a
significant setback.

Oh, losing Gary Eaton would
be a f*cking disaster.

So we do what the
judge tells us to.

All you have to do is
answer the questions.

Dave will be fine. He's
good in the spotlight.

And while you sit in the
spotlight, boy scout behaviour.

Day in, day out. Agreed?

The defence could put
you under surveillance.

They could track
your car, your phone.

They'd love nothing more
than to catch you out.

These men have been under
arrest for over a year.

This is a f*cking farce.

Nothing to do with truth,
nothing to do with justice.

We do the best we can
within the system we've got.

CHATTER

What do you call three Pulitzer
Prize winners sitting in a row?

A m*rder? An ambush? An armada?

Do you really call them "help"?

This is, er, quite something.

It's remarkable journalism,
Nick. Thank you.

Any chance they're doing
it in America, too?

A few suspected names.

Nothing firm. It's all in there.

You've no-one on record
from News Of The World? No.

But plenty off the
record. Am I right?

She's trying to get you to
reveal who your Mr Apollo is.

Oh, I see, you think he's a News
International insider. Interesting.

Erm, but, no, not sharing.

And frankly, even if I
wanted to, he's disappeared.

Do you have an angle?
The... You... Paper...

Well, Bill's instincts
were, er, Royal Family,

Murdochs, press
intrusion. In that order?

We'll find our way.

It's important no-one can
say that we colluded with you

or were baby-fed just
to stand your story up.

You're not here to
stand my story up.

I wasn't saying that. We
further each other's stories.

Anything new we get, we know
you're the keeper of the flame.

We'll bring you in.

I'd say likewise, but
I've given you all I have.

EXHALES

TOILET FLUSHES

I don't know when
this started either.

DOOR CREAKS OPEN

CUBICLE DOOR OPENS, CLOSES

MAN URINATING

Erm, you might get a call
from The New York Times

in the next few days.

New York Times? Fancy.

They're getting involved.
We're giving them what we have.

Two newspapers are
better than one.

You know, Nick, when I look at the
kids who come around for play dates,

I instinctively know who are good at
sharing and who aren't, and you...

Alan thinks it's a good idea.
I think it's a good idea.

Oh, you weren't very good
at sharing at all, were you?

I'm not done.

They'll do their thing.

It actually makes
it easier to pursue.

And I was actually quite good
at football as a kid, so...

That's what I'd have
done at your playdate.

I'd have found a ball and kicked
it. I didn't care about toys.

Anyway, I have an idea.

So, Harry Evans wrote in his
memoir about a plane crash.

I don't know Harry Evans.

Editor of The Sunday Times, from


Doesn't that mean he
worked for Murdoch?

Oh, they didn't get
on. Murdoch fired him?

Eventually. Actually, first he
promoted him, gave him editorship.

That's not... He's the
hero in this story?

I haven't told the story. Well,
your eyes imply he's the hero.

The DC-10, in Paris,
passenger jet.

There was clearly a problem with
the manufacture of the plane,

but Harry couldn't
print. Without evidence.

Exactly. So Harry got his
reporters to intervene.

Linked the bereaved families

with highly effective
lawyers in the US,

because US courts were more
likely to order McDonnell Douglas

to disclose internal paperwork.

My plan is to do the same.

Haven't we already tried
that with Max Clifford?

No, no. Then you involve me
in your case, very kindly.

Now I'm going to
recruit for you.

So, they bribed Max.

They won't be able to
stop an army of people.

If I can get a list of the hacked
and encourage them to come forward,

we can flood the courts.

I can't see you as a footballer.

f*ck off.

Look, Andy Coulson created a
culture at the News Of The World.

To prove he did so, we need to
get as many of his top journalists

implicated as possible.

Mulcaire's notes had
Clive Goodman's name

written at the top
- it's court record.

So if we can find the other
editors who commissioned him...

Come on, it's time to get
nuclear, don't you think?

The inevitable dig followed.

I had to identify, with the
help of my furry friend,

every celebrity, politician and
sports star they'd gone after.

High ranking, the low ranking.
The illustrious, the audacious.

And then I had to persuade
those people to fight.

Like MP Tessa Jowell.

Yes, I have been spoken
to by the police.

All the dirt they had on your
ex-husband came from hacking.

And ruined my
marriage, I am aware.

I'd like to publish an article
about your experiences,

and I'd like you to consider
pursuing it further in court.

I have good lawyer recommendations.
But that would mean stirring it up.

We've struggled enough.

Please, leave it alone.

I had proof that Charles
Clarke had been hacked.

I told a friend who knew him
to tell him. My friend said...

He's not willing to engage.

With Charlotte's help, I
identified a dozen law firms

who specialised in
representing celebrities.

I contacted all of them.

I wish I could tell
you their names.

I'm getting nothing. Nothing?

They're busy.

They're worried about reviving
an embarrassing story.

They can't afford
it. But mostly...

Mostly, they're frightened.

I've heard rumours
about Nicole Kidman.

Hello, Charlotte.
Nice to meet you.

A charming lawyer. How nice.

Nicole's lawyer is John Kelly.

Have you met John Kelly?

No, she wasn't
warned by the police.

And, no, she won't
be meeting with you

or any other journalist.

Mr Kelly, this is worth pursuing.
For Nicole, for all your clients.

It's still a no, I'm afraid.

A hard no.

Her trustees say no.

Mark Thompson came about
because two of his clients,

one of whom was Big Brother's
Jade Goody, had been hacked.

Jade had died of cancer.

They're not interested
in pursuing a case.

Perhaps I could talk to them.

Because you're more
persuasive than me?

I get it. You're desperate.

There is another... someone.
I can't give you her name.

We called her "AZP".

She's very angry.

They've ruined her life.
She's leaning into all this.

I'd love to... Yeah, of
course you f*cking would.

And if she's brave
enough to talk more,

then you'll hear more.
But until then...

They're just all so scared.

They are profoundly scared.

DRAPERSON: Mr Cook, do you
accept that a number of rules

were broken with
regard to Gary Eaton?

DAVE: I do.

And the issue for the
judge to decide on

is the spirit in which
these rules were broken.

Were they broken in bad faith,
or was it done transparently

and in the interests of justice?

Those are the two sides that we
are litigating at the moment.

You understand that? Yes, I do.

Let us begin with your
initial meeting with Mr Eaton.

It's been suggested
that you led the witness

during this conversation.

I think it's important
for me to say

that I never wanted to meet with
Mr Eaton in the first place.

He insisted he would only
speak with me, so I went along.

And the job is to find
out if he was valid.

And to do that, you have to
ask some probing questions.

"Give me the name
of the brothers."

That's hardly a probing
question, is it, Mr Cook?

He wasn't interested in any
brothers at all, was he?

You gave him the brothers.

I gave him the brothers.

I did not give him the
name of the brothers.

You were aware at that first
meeting of how important it was

to preserve the
integrity of the process?

And that's what I thought we
were doing. It was all recorded.

And we all have the
transcripts here before us.

But that wasn't my question.

It was a simple question.

Let's try another.

Do you accept that by having direct
phone conversations with a witness,

you were breaching the
sterile corridor system?

Yes, I do. But I would say
that this was a particularly

difficult set of circumstances.
Wasn't difficult at all.

All you had to do was say
to this man, "I'm sorry",

"the rules are, I'm not allowed
to have direct contact with you."

"You have your own witness
protection handler."

"They can sort out any
problems you may have,"

"but from now on, you
must not ring me,"

"and if you do, my
phone will bar you."

And that is what I did
on several occasions.

Did you ever bar Gary Eaton
from calling your phone?

It's not always possible
on every type of phone.

Are you saying that
it's not possible

from a Metropolitan
Police phone?

It's... It's a terribly
simple question.

He changed his number. I
didn't know his number.

I'd like to turn now to the
issue of your note taking.

My Lord, between August
the 23rd... EARS RINGING

...and the 16th of
September, 2006,

not one of Mr Cook's numerous
telephone calls to Eaton

appears on the schedule.

Mr Cook, do you mind telling us

how it is that between the 23rd of
August and the 16th of September,

you managed to make so many calls
without recording any of them?

From memory, the vast
majority, if not all,

were to do with Mr
Eaton's welfare -

his domestics, stuff like
that, nuisance stuff.

But you accept, do you not,

that the court has no way of knowing
what was said during these calls?

I accept that. And, my Lord,
do you mind if I sit down?

I suffer from vertigo.

Please.

Let us look at tab number nine.

We can see top
line... EARS RINGING

...that the debrief begins
on the 1st of August.

We can see that it's
followed the next day

by a call which is


That one is logged.

Then, on the 28th of August,

there's a nine-minute
call, which is not logged.

Then, on the 1st of September,
Eaton suddenly changes his story.

He says for the first time

that he was at the
scene of the m*rder.

Well, what are you suggesting?

I'm suggesting that that may
not be a coincidence, Mr Cook.

I suppose you're
going to deny it

and say that it is
just a coincidence?

You're going to deny that,
during these unlogged calls,

you were feeding
Mr Eaton his story?

And why would I do that?

This case has been causing
the Metropolitan Police

untold embarrassment
for over two decades.

You were desperate
to nail someone.

Of course, if you
think you have somebody

who may be an eyewitness, you
embrace them with both arms.

But you allowed this
dishonest, mentally ill man

to run riot over
your investigation.

Not only that, but
you manipulated him

because he was
easily manipulable

and because he was your one way
of bringing this case back to life

and ending your career
with a real coup.

Isn't that what has
gone on here, Mr Cook?

You could not be further
from the truth, sir.

SIGHS

GLASSES CLINKING

If you haven't
changed your ways.

No chance. Thanks.

Can you still win?

Now that we've lost Gary
Eaton, the entire case...

rests on two witnesses.

Lindsey Wright, Jimmy
Cook's ex-girlfriend,

who is basically a
f*cking nightmare...

...and James Ward, our
original supergrass,

who's erratic at best.

Nine days they kept
me on that stand.

On day one, I really
thought I could win.

Hoped. Yeah, I remember hope.

I'm sorry they did that to you.

You didn't deserve
it. Ah, maybe I did.

So, what about you?
Can you, erm... win?

Journalism isn't about
winning or losing.

It's about the gradual
erosion of self-worth.

Alan's given the story to
Panorama and The New York Times,

and he's probably right because I
can't get anyone to go to court,

which means we can't...

I... I thought I had a way
to get to Mulcaire's notes.

I thought I was finally
getting somewhere,

but like everything I
try... BLOWS RASPBERRY

What about Jonathan Rees?

Surely he's just
as bad as Mulcaire?

He's on trial, if
you haven't noticed.

We raided his house
a few years ago.

We found invoices on his desk.

Rees to Alex Marunchak
and the News Of The World.

Rees went to prison for conspiring
to pervert the course of justice,

came out and went right
back into the employ

of News Of The World, while
Andy Coulson was the editor.

Under Coulson, News Of The World
employed a convicted criminal?

Now, this fell
into your lap, OK?

You can't quote me.

You can't name Rees.

But you can use
this to nail them.

This could get you
in serious trouble.

I'm already in serious trouble.

ALAN: So, you're calling
Jonathan Rees "Mr A"?

I think it's my
best pseudonym yet.

I can't name him till
after the Morgan trial.

It's very tenuous, legally, even
to hide him under a pseudonym.

His lawyers can claim
contempt of court.

Coulson being in
government is a contempt.

It's a good story. Does it
stand up? My source is solid.

Jonathan Rees was imprisoned

for conspiring to pervert
the course of justice.

And the News Of The
World rehired him.

After he was released from
prison while Coulson was editor.

Feels a good one.

We'll need to give Coulson
right of reply. Ugh!

This is the most archaic
practice, giving people quotes,

in articles against them.

It's just free advertising
space for their lies.

I think it's necessary.

If we publish his right of reply,
we'll be misleading our readers.

Whatever the fight, I
think it's better to stick

to established journalist
practice, don't you?

What do you know about
journalism? You're a lawyer. Nick.

Could you talk to her
with a bit more respect?

Oh, f*ck off, with
respect. Nick. Nick.

Sorry. Sorry,
Rufus. Sorry, Gill.

I know how vital
you are to all this.

Just... busy time, busy head.

I'll... alert some people.

Go backstairs. I know
this will spread.

The other newspapers,
they can't ignore this.

It has to.

Gill?

If he gets the
quote from Coulson,

I think we can argue
public interest.

I agree. Thank
you. This is good.

Whoever your source
is, this is good.

BELL RINGS, WHIRRING

PHONES RINGING, CHATTER

Would it surprise you to
know it didn't spread?

All the other newspapers
ignored the Mr A story.

You'll get them next time.

The trouble with
next time... SIGHS

The trouble with...

ECHOING: You'll
get them next time.

I don't have a next time.

NICK'S MOTHER: You stupid child.

Nicholas! Nicholas, don't
be dramatic, Nicholas.

Let's get a washcloth
for that blood, shall we?

I don't have a next time.

MOBILE BUZZING

Er, Nick Davies.

Nick. It's Jo Becker.

'New York Times.' Oh. Yeah, hi.

'Is now not a good time?' No,
it's fine. How can I help?

We're going to publish.

Great. What?

Sean Hoare is going
on the record.

'He's a genuine insider.'

Oh, more than that,
he's Coulson's friend.

They worked the
celebrity Bizarre column

that Coulson made his name on.

'What did he say?' Well, he
talked about Coulson a lot.

I had a good relationship
with him, as it goes.

Yeah, I could do
the f*ck I wanted

as long as I came in
with a good story.

The brief was...

..."I don't give a f*ck."

The News Of The World meetings
sound more fun than Guardian ones.

'You're not wrong.
But I asked him...'

Did he know what's
going on? Coulson?

The New York Times over
here on this, are they?

Yes. Oh. Why?

We want to investigate whether
an ethical line has been crossed.

f*ck me, you sound
like The Guardian.

You don't think The
Guardian are valid?

I think The Guardian are
being beautiful beings,

gazing down from their mighty
high horses, the pious f*ck.

You know, but the thing about
you, you see, is that you...

You're foreign, so I like you.

CHUCKLES

I, personally... played voicemail
recordings to the b*stard

when we worked together
at The Sun and the Screws.

You played recordings
to Coulson?

Sean...

...is that on the record?

SNIFFS

I want a New York
Mets top. I'm sorry?

I want a New York Mets top,
and then it's on the record.

OK.

Yeah?

Sure. Great.

So what do you say we
go completely crazy

and have another orange juice?

Thank you.

This is very good.

I don't think they made
clear the link with Coulson.

It's good journalism,
but it's...

I love an intimate party, Nick,
but it is nice, don't you think,

to have at least some other
people who want to be there?

This is The New York Times.

It's going to be a lot
harder to fight us both.

This matters.

Yeah.

It was an extremely
good piece. It...

The way it...

It was extremely good.
And what happened next...

Alan was right - it
made everybody braver.

Celebrities began to look up.

For instance, Charlotte Harris began
to get somewhere with a client -

football agent Sky Andrew.

They offered him £200,000 a year

and £1.2 million in free advertising
for a charity if he'd drop his case.

And? He said no.

People were willing to
fight. Most unusual people.

Hi. Nick Davies. Max Mosley.
I'm a fan of your work.

Then Max Mosley did
something extraordinary.

To be clear, we didn't
meet at The Guardian,

but this setting will do.

I'd like to back, financially,

anyone wishing to bring a case
against the News Of The World,

indemnify them against
costs and damages.

Max, that could be millions.

I'm guessing you saw it.

n*zi sex orgy, photos of me.

It was not n*zi.

It was consenting,
but they didn't care.

I sued, I got a small
reward. I survived.

My son... didn't.

A heroin overdose, one year
after the story was published.

I'm sorry.

They can attack us. But when
our children are damaged...

But are you sure that this is what
you want to spend your fortune on?

CHUCKLES SOFTLY

You underestimate my
fortune, Mr Davies.

And my anger.

The world started
to unfurl before us.

The strategy started to work.

Allies were...

well, not exactly everywhere
but gathering. And then...

The game changed. Mark
Thompson got in touch.

His client, AZP...
Do you remember AZP?

Well, apparently she loved
The New York Times piece

and the Mr A story,
and she wanted to meet.

Oh, and AZP, she is...

Sienna Miller, meet Nick
Davies. Pleasure to meet you.

Yes - actor, tabloid magnet.

Our ace card.

He knows it's coming.

Everyone's been
whispering to her to stop.

All of Hollywood.

Some roles are being withdrawn.

Others are being promised
if she just lets it go.

But you've decided
to keep fighting.

They've also said,
they've told me

that there is more
muck on me they'd use.

CHUCKLES: Which is, I
mean, probably true,

but, I mean, how can they
print anything worse?

All the papers are after her.

Can I ask... Sienna,
can I ask what happened?

I... I can't go into
the... the details.

And I really don't want
to pry, but what...

What were they digging for?

Erm...

SHE LAUGHS

Seemingly, erm, well, anything
about me is, er, interesting.

The restaurants I
go to, what I wear,

people... people I meet.

But it seems their attention
was particularly grabbed

by, I, erm...

I got, er... BREATHES HEAVILY

I got pregnant, and,
erm, I had a decision...

...to make. You understand?

Mm. And...

Well, at that time, when you're...
when you're dealing with that,

you need people that you can trust,
and I didn't, I didn't trust anyone.

I thought that they were
all selling stories about me

because they knew everything.

And I couldn't work out
why. I couldn't work out why

anything I told my friends
or family was being leaked.

I thought, I mean, I... SIGHS

I started to, erm...

Yeah.

Mmm.

I, er...

The number of people that I
trusted grew smaller and smaller

until there was
almost no-one at all.

I didn't know which way
was up. Not any more.

I drank too much, did
all the wrong things,

damaged my career,
damaged myself.

And they feasted on it.

Was this Mulcaire?

We don't know. We don't
know who was doing what.

All we know is
the results of it.

SHE SNIFFS The thing
that I was most, erm...

...sorry about
was that I, erm...

...I damaged my family.

Once it was all, erm...

INHALES DEEPLY, EXHALES

I only, basically, told my mum.

SIGHS

And they still found out. SNIFFS

And they published, and
I thought it was her.

SHAKILY: And the things
I said to her, you know?

SHE INHALES Must
have been horrible.

But I'm a celebrity. CHUCKLES

I chose all this.
It's not their fault.

It's in the public
interest. Hmm?

We're taking this
all the way. Good.

Mm-hm. Thank you.

DAVE: 'We're gonna
have to disclose this.'

I'm afraid there's no choice.

But I ain't done nothing.

Lindsey, your entire
search history's here.

We can see what you searched
and when you searched it.

But... I'm allowed to
be curious, ain't I?

Not against the law
to be curious. Look...

you're accusing Jimmy Cook
of over 30 separate murders.

And each time you change a statement
and say you remember a new m*rder,

it comes off the back
of an internet search

on how to commit that
particular type of m*rder.

Disclosing this means
that we can no longer

put you forward as
a witness of truth.

And I'm afraid, Lindsey...

I'm afraid we lost
the only other witness

who had evidence on Jimmy.

So your statement...

...that was all the
prosecution had to go on.

GAVEL HAMMERS

JUDGE: 'James Frederick
William Cook.'

No. 'Stand, please.'

I direct a verdict of not guilty

in respect of count one,
and you are now free to go.

'No, no, no, no, no,
no. What if he...?

'Oh, sh*t!'

I'm now number one
target. You know that?

How could you let this happen?

How could you let this happen?!

SHE SOBS

TEACUP CLINKING You take sugar?

GLEN: Er, just half.

And a splash of milk. Thanks.

TEA POURING

Erm, how long you been here,
then? Moved in a while ago.

I know, I just haven't
time to... SIGHS

There's a sofa coming. Thanks.

Yeah, I was actually pretty
shocked when I heard.

You and Jacqui always
seemed... solid.

Aye.

Heard you and Vicky got
married. That's great.

We invited you to the
wedding, but you never RSVP'd.

Did you?

I'm so... I'm so sorry.
It's just that...

I've been... I've been
busy, frantic. Work, life.

I know.

It's what you get for having
friends who are coppers.

They disappear on
you for years on end.

So we're still pals?

But that's not why you're
here. You want something.

Alan Rusbridger and The
Guardian have been in touch

with us at Panorama.

It's the hacking stuff.

But there's also this story on
Jonathan Rees they've been pushing.

I know you've been on Daniel Morgan,
so... Rees is your bag, right?

Look, I'm sorry. We can
talk about other things.

I'll take my BBC hat off.

Genuinely, I wanted to see you.

How are you, you know...

...coping?

Well, it's strange.

House without
kids, pretty quiet.

Think I need to get better
at filling in the time.

NICK: We should be aiming
for a coalition of lawyers.

Coalition? Are we
in government now?

I have other friendly lawyers
with very high-profile clients.

I do know who you're...
With the Sky Andrew case

progressing under your watch, he's
still not accepting their terms.

No. Max Mosley has promised
to financially back

any client who comes forward.

Surely, we can encourage
them all to come forward now.

Nick, breathe. OK?

You are constantly swaying
between utter despair and this.

It's exhausting.
The law takes time.

We are building something.
Let it f*cking build.

Stop worrying about The New York
Times getting there before you.

This is your case. Not worried
about The New York Times.

I don't have Sienna
Miller as a client.

You don't have Sean
Hoare in your pocket.

But we are all working together.

Stop doing that thing
with your hands.

I have another one for
you, a former politician.

Apparently, he's had sight
of Mulcaire's notebook.

Now, I've been reluctant
to share him because...

well, I think he's tricky.

But you want everyone, so...

What I'm interested in is
in Mulcaire's notebooks.

I have no interest
in what it shows,

but there'll be a name at
the top corner of the notes,

which is the name of someone
at the News Of The World.

Have you read what The
Guardian has written

about me, about this case?

Tommy Sheridan, a defamation
case which became a perjury case.

Process of disclosure on which
allowed him access to Mulcaire

and to his paperwork.

And he's right - The Guardian
haven't been kind about him.

What I'm looking to
do is to build a case

against Andy Coulson and the
culture at the News Of The World,

that the hacking was
endemic... Yes, there's a name.

No, you can't see it. And
you certainly can't print it.

I don't trust journalists,
Nick. Not any more.

OK, the name is important

because it undermines the
"one rogue reporter" argument

which Coulson keeps
hiding behind.

So the more editors and senior
journalists we can implicate,

the more we show them lying.

EXHALES

Greg Miskiw.

Greg Miskiw. Are you sure?

I didn't tell you, and
you're not printing it.

Greg Miskiw was news editor
and later assistant editor.

He's retired now, but he
reported directly to Coulson.

I know who Greg Miskiw is, Nick. Do
you know how significant this is?

This could blow the lid off.
This has to be off the record.

Do I understand that you're
representing yourself in court?

Yes. What if I was to help you?

Go on.

There's very little
I know a lot about,

but this issue is one of them.

I can feed you questions, help with
your research, all for nothing.

For the name in the notebook?
That name is dynamite.

Greg Miskiw is dynamite.

And you can print it because
it's been stated in court.

And I have an idea who you
should call as a witness.

Go on.

Andy Coulson.

DOOR SLAMS

You're a traitor.

Start by asking him
about Greg Miskiw.

He'll deny any knowledge.

Mr Coulson...

...these are the written notes

of the former News Of The
World employee Glenn Mulcaire.

Contractor. Not employee.

Mr Coulson, do you
recognise the name

at the top left-hand
corner of the page?

It says "Greg".

This is the big one.

Do you think that name refers

to the former assistant
editor, Greg Miskiw?

No. Not to my knowledge, no.

Do you have any knowledge of Greg
Miskiw ordering Glenn Mulcaire

to hack Tommy Sheridan's phone?

Are you telling me
that you never ordered,

or were unaware of
Greg Miskiw ordering,

Mr Mulcaire to tap my phone?

No. I had absolutely no
knowledge of it, and I...

I-I certainly didn't instruct
anyone to do anything of the type.

Interesting because Sean
Hoare, in The New York Times...

...stated that he played
you hacked voice mails.

I remain confident
there is no evidence

to support Mr Hoare's
accusations. That's my position.

Do you have any
comment on why Mr Hoare

would have made
those accusations?

You should ask Mr Hoare.

How bad was the culture
at your newspaper?

I don't accept there
was any culture

of phone hacking at
the News of The World.

There was one unfortunate
case involving Clive Goodman,

and no-one was more
sorry about it than me.

And that's why I resigned.

MARK: 'Tommy Sheridan?'

We got Miskiw's name out there.

It wasn't enough, but we're
rattling Coulson's cage.

Well, let's see if this
sends him over the edge.

This was lodged in the
High Court this morning.

Worth mentioning, in real life,
he made me go to the courthouse

to pick this up myself.

Possibly not worth mentioning.

Mulcaire blagged her phone
number. I changed my phone twice,

and somehow they always got it.

It wasn't just her phone
they were inside of.

They targeted Sienna's
mother, her boyfriend,

his assistant, her publicist.

We analysed my itemised phone
bills, and then we used them

to force the police to hand
over calls made by Mulcaire.

The police were sitting on this
information for four years,

I'll remind you.

John Yates, four years.

And then we linked them to
the News Of The World stories.

There was a name that appeared in
the top corner of Glenn's notes.

A name we haven't had before?

A name that could change
everything. Tell me the name!

Ian Edmondson. Ian Edmondson?

He reported directly to Coulson.

Ian Edmondson is the
current news editor

of the News Of The World.

MARIACHI BAND PLAYS

MUSIC CONTINUES

Just heard. Good work, Nick.

DOOR SLAMS, MUSIC STOPS

MUSIC CONTINUES

MUSIC STOPS, MOBILE BUZZES

Sheridan?

SHERIDAN: 'Oh, Nick, they
couldn't get through to you,

'so, well, I don't know how
hard...' Is it the kids?

'No. No, no. Erm...

'It's about your father.

EXHALES: 'God, I'm
so sorry, Nick.'

MOBILE BUZZES

Yeah, Graham?

'We found two crates
in an old DPS office.

'A cleaner found them.

'It's old evidence
on James Ward.'

But we told the judge we
declared everything on Ward.

'I'm sorry.'

How bad is it?

Now this is the end, right?

Do you want the official
answer or the honest answer?

We don't survive this.

I don't understand.

How can they accuse us
of withholding evidence

when you didn't even know
that the crates existed?

It was a disused
police building.

Nothing to do with
your team, right? Yeah.

The office was locked for years.
Nobody knew anything about it.

But even if we
could make the case

that we weren't
withholding the files...

...the contents...

the details about James Ward

that he didn't originally
disclose to us...

If we'd have had
the files earlier,

we may have been able
to deal with it, but...

all of it together, it's...

Years and years
and years - gone.

All because someone left
some files in the wrong room.

It's like everyone forgot.

All the people in their court.

This was supposed
to be about Daniel.

MUSIC: 'The Lark Ascending'
by Vaughan Williams

Hi. SOFT CHATTER

You OK? Yeah.

I really loved him.

I know. He was everything.

It was complicated,
but I really loved him.

PRIEST: "The Lord is my
Shepherd. I shall not want."

"He makes me lie down
in green pastures,"

"He leads me beside
still waters."

"He restores my soul,"

"He leads me in right
paths for His name's sake."

"Even though I walk through
the darkest valley,"

"I fear no evil,"

"for You are with me, Your rod
and Your staff, they comfort me."

"You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies."

"Surely goodness and
mercy shall follow me"

"all the days of my life,"

"and I shall dwell in the house
of the Lord my whole life long."

Hi.

On the 14th of January, 2011,
Rebekah Brooks asked her secretary

to find somewhere discreet
for her to meet Andy Coulson.

She did so the next day, at 7.45am,
at the Halkin Hotel in Belgravia.

We don't know what Brooks said
to Coulson during that meeting,

but we do know that on
the 21st of January,

Andy Coulson resigned.

He said, "Unfortunately,
continued coverage of events"

"connected to my old job..."

...at the News Of The World

has made it difficult for me to
give the 110% needed in this role.

I stand by what I said
about those events.

But when a spokesman
needs a spokesman,

it's time to move on. Thank you.

Thank you.

This is the end of a long,

and as I am sure everyone associated
with this case will agree,

exhausting road.

In all the years that
I have been a judge,

I have never come across a case

in which there have
been so many issues

or such complex
issues to be resolved

before a trial could
even get underway.

The family will inevitably be
disappointed by the outcome.

But they, I think,
should be commended

on the dignity with which they
have faced these proceedings.

Mr Rees, Mr Fillery,

Mr Glenn Vian, Mr Garry
Vian, please stand.

You are free to go.
SIGHING IN RELIEF

Verdicts of not guilty
have been entered

in all of your cases.

SOFT CHATTER

Thank you, all.

Court rise.

Your dad. Yeah.

He was a nice man.
You didn't know him.

You made him sound nice.

GULPS And...

...to Andy Coulson.

May he disappear
and never come back.

I may as well tell you, we're
reporting it... tomorrow.

Murdoch's going for
full control of BSkyB.

I did hear it was possible.

If he gets that, he'll be able to
leverage a serious amount of debt.

Buy more, buy bigger.

We're talking world domination.

Why are you telling me this?

To remind you it's not over.

HALTINGLY: Remind me that
they cut Coulson loose

to save them their
BSkyB business.

It's... It's all a false
victory. Not false at all.

Dissection is a slow
process. We tackle them...

...one limb at a time, and
eventually they run out of limbs.

Do they?

I'm tired, Alan.

I wanna go home. Agreed.

We rest, we lick our
wounds, we take stock.

No, I don't...

I... I don't think...
I think, on this story,

I think you need to find
someone to take over.

Sometimes you need
to know when to stop.

SNIFFS

It's time to stop.
I need to stop.

Sorry.

EARS RINGING

KNOCKING ON DOOR, GASPS

And I thought a bit of
fresh air might be in order.

No, I'm fine. You're not.

I'm all right.

No, you're not, mate.

There's someone I
want you to meet.

He helped me. I think
he can help you.

Get showered, get dressed.
Not leaving till you do it.

I'm serious.

OK.

MUFFLED VOICES

Glen.

David Cook, Gordon Brown.
Gordon Brown, David Cook.

I know a lot about
you, DCS Cook.

I appreciate you
coming all this way.

It's no problem.

I'm interested in hearing more
about what's happened to you.

I, er... I think I
might be able to help.